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Re: [SG] Welcome Astri

Hello Astri and welcome.
        In my opinion you are in a very fortunate position with all that shade.
Each to his own garden preferences, but I find shade gardening to be the
most rewarding of all gardening experiences. There is something so peaceful
and tranquil about the cool greens of shade. There is also an abundance of
bloom almost all twelve months of the year for shade.
        My garden is about 13 or 14 years old now and just beginning to look like
a "real" garden. Hopefully in another 100 years it will be completed and I
will be here to put in the last plant.
        Since I have a small nursery specializing in shade plants I would be very
interested in hearing what the nurseries are like near you.
        Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
          around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com

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> > Hello Sherryl!
>
> We moved into our new home just outside Oslo, Norway in November of last
> year - and I
> was very exited at the prospect of finally having my own garden. It's not
> very large, only
> about 500 m2, and it surrounds the house on all four sides.
> The garden was well established (the house was built in '75), but the
> previous owners had
> opted for a low-maintenance profile - grass and lots of bushes of various
> kinds, hardly any
> flowers. I set out this spring getting to know the garden, and one of the
> first things that struck
> me was that it doesn't get nearly as much light as I would have expected,
> even in the spring
> and summer (the winter around here is relatively dark at all times).
> There's a big hill to the
> south which takes away a lot of direct sunshine, plus the fact that the
> house itself casts a
> shade that moves around the house through the day - what I suppose you
> would call
> wandering shade, giving two to three hours of direct sun at the most.
> There were a few plants worth preserving: a large climbing "Flammentanz"
> rose on a
> sheltered wall, two large bush jasmines (jasminum officinale?), two
largish
> clumps of yellow
> daylily (hemerocallis lilioasphodelus, I think, it smells of
> lily-of-the-valley), one blackcurrant
> and four redcurrant bushes.
> I've spent this summer removing quite a few of the bushes (some of them
> frost-damaged),
> and planting av few new things - plus getting rid of weeds. Two of the
> redcurrants will
> have to go too- I don't know what to do with 20+ kg of redcurrants, I've
> already got a cellar full
> of jam and redcurrant juice!)
> I've tried a few David Austin roses,  but there is probably too little
> light - the old albas seem to
> be doing better - I've planted three of those also. I've started a
> perennial bed outside our
> north-facing front door, with only white, shade-tolerant flowers and a
few
> hostas (hosta
> sieboldiana, they're such a lovely colour). I'm very fortunate in having
a
> nursery nearby that
> stocks about 600 different perennials. I also live 2 km from one of
> Norway's best rose
> nurseries, specialists in old roses.
> I spent the summer wondering whether I had to give up my dreams of a
> sun-filled garden full
> of roses and annuals.....but from the reading I've done so far, there
seems
> to be a world of
> possibilities with a shade garden as well; but it's something I don't
know
> very much about. So
> I look forward to participating in your mail discussions.
>
>
> Yours,
>
> Astri Tverst|l
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